Financial Results Briefing Session - Square Enix...“DRAGON QUEST WALK,” “WAR OF THE VISIONS:...

Financial ResultsBriefing SessionSix-Month Period Ended September 30, 2020

November 6, 2020SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

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Statements made in this document with respect to SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. and its consolidated subsidiaries' (together, “SQUARE ENIX GROUP") plans, estimates, strategies and beliefs are forward-looking statements about the future performance of SQUARE ENIX GROUP.

These statements are based on management's assumptions and beliefs in light of information available to it at the time these material were drafted and, therefore, the reader should not place undue reliance on them. Also, the reader should not assume that statements made in this document will remain accurate or operative at a later time.

A number of factors could cause actual results to be materially different from and worse than those discussed in forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but not limited to:

1. changes in economic conditions affecting our operations; 2. fluctuations in currency exchange rates, particularly with respect to the value of the Japanese

yen, the U.S. dollar and the Euro;3. SQUARE ENIX GROUP’s ability to continue to win acceptance of our products and services,

which are offered in highly competitive markets characterized by the continuous introduction of new products and services, rapid developments in technology, and subjective and changingconsumer preferences;

4. SQUARE ENIX GROUP’s ability to expand international success with a focus on our businesses;and

5. regulatory developments and changes and our ability to respond and adapt to those changes.

The forward-looking statements regarding earnings contained in these materials were valid at the time these materials were drafted. SQUARE ENIX GROUP assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, including forecasts or projections, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or otherwise.

The financial information presented in this document is prepared according to generally accepted accounting principles in Japan.

(Amounts under one hundred million yen are rounded down)

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Financial ResultsSecond Quarter of Fiscal Year

Ending March 31, 2021

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Consolidated Statement of Income Q2, FY2021/3

(Billions of Yen)

Fiscal Year EndedMarch 31, 2020

Apr -Sep 2019 Apr - Sep 2020 Changes

Net sales 120.7 172.7 52.0

Operating income 15.9 31.6 15.7

Operating income margin 13.2% 18.3% 5.1pt

Ordinary income 15.6 30.5 14.9

Ordinary income margin 12.9% 17.7% 4.8pt

Profit attributable toowners of parent

10.9 16.0 5.1

Depreciation and amortization 3.4 3.5 0.1

Capital expenditure 3.7 3.7 0.0

Fiscal Year EndingMarch 31, 2021

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Consolidated Statement of IncomeQ2, FY2021/3 by Business Segment

(Billions of Yen)Fiscal Year EndedMarch 31, 2020

Apr - Sep Apr - Sep ChangesNet sales 120.7 172.7 52.0

Digital Entertainment 85.4 142.4 57.0Amusement 22.8 13.9 (8.9)

Publication 9.0 12.3 3.3Merchandising 4.5 4.8 0.3

Eliminations or unallocated -1.0 -0.8 0.2Operating income 15.9 31.6 15.7

Digital Entertainment 16.6 33.8 17.2Amusement 1.3 -1.6 (2.9)

Publication 3.2 5.3 2.1Merchandising 0.6 1.5 0.9

Eliminations or unallocated -5.9 -7.4 (1.5)Operating income margin 13.2% 18.3% 5.1pt

Digital Entertainment 19.5% 23.7% 4.2ptAmusement 5.8% -11.7% (17.5pt)

Publication 35.4% 43.3% 7.9ptMerchandising 14.0% 31.8% 17.8pt

Eliminations or unallocated - - -


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Consolidated Statement of Income Quarterly Comparison

(Billions of Yen)

Apr - Jun2019

Jul - Sep2019

Oct - Dec2019

Jan - Mar2020

Apr - Jun2020

Jul - Sep2020

Net sales 53.3 67.4 68.9 70.8 87.0 85.6

Digital Entertainment 37.1 48.2 51.5 51.7 74.3 68.1

Amusement 10.8 11.9 10.8 11.9 4.6 9.3

Publication 3.8 5.1 4.8 5.5 5.4 6.9

Merchandising 1.9 2.5 2.0 2.1 3.1 1.6

Eliminations or unallocated -0.4 -0.5 -0.3 -0.6 -0.5 -0.3

Operating income 7.1 8.7 11.8 4.9 24.5 7.1

Digital Entertainment 7.6 9.0 12.8 5.8 26.0 7.7

Amusement 0.6 0.6 0.1 -0.1 -1.5 -0.1

Publication 1.2 1.9 1.7 2.2 2.3 3.0

Merchandising 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 1.2 0.3

Eliminations or unallocated -2.5 -3.3 -3.0 -3.3 -3.5 -3.8

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2020Fiscal Year Ending

March 31,2021

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Consolidated Balance Sheetas of Sep 30, 2020

(Billions of Yen)

Account 03/2020 09/2020 Changes Account 03/2020 09/2020 Changes

Cash and deposits 123.4 134.0 10.6 Notes and accounts payable 25.5 23.2 (2.3)

Notes and accountsreceivable

41.4 49.0 7.6 Income taxes payable 10.1 10.3 0.2

Inventories 6.4 5.0 (1.4) Provision for sales returns 4.2 5.3 1.1

Content production account 71.4 70.9 (0.5) Others 29.3 34.7 5.4

Others 8.0 7.5 (0.5) Total Current Liabilities 69.3 73.7 4.4

Total Current Assets 250.8 266.6 15.8 Non-current Liabilities 11.3 11.8 0.5

Property and equipment 20.5 20.4 (0.1) Total Liabilities 80.7 85.6 4.9

Intangible Assets 5.3 5.3 0.0 Total Shareholders’ Equity 226.7 237.8 11.1

Investments and otherassets

25.8 26.2 0.4 Others -4.8 -4.8 0.0

Total Non-current Assets 51.7 52.0 0.3 Total Net Assets 221.9 233.0 11.1

Total Assets 302.6 318.7 16.1Total Liabilities andNet Assets

302.6 318.7 16.1

＜Assets＞ <Liabilities and Net Assets>

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Progress in Each Business Segment

Digital Entertainment－HD Games

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Net sales rose YoY, operating line turned into black on launch of new titles such as “FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE” and “Marvel’s Avengers,” as well as greater digital sales of catalog titles.

Major Titles in FY2021/3

Launched on April 10, 2020

© 2020 MARVEL. Developed by Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montréal. Development support provided by Nixxes. All rights reserved.

Launched on September 4, 2020 To be launched on February 2, 2021

© 2020 Square Enix Limited. All rights reserved. Developed by PCF Group S.A. SQUARE ENIX and the SQUARE ENIX logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. OUTRIDERS is a registered trademark or trademark of Square Enix Ltd. People Can Fly and the People Can Fly logo are registered trademarks, all used courtesy of People Can Fly Sp. z o.o.

© 1997, 2020 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.CHARACTER DESIGN: TETSUYA NOMURA/ROBERTO FERRARILOGO ILLUSTRATION: © 1997 YOSHITAKA AMANO

7.9 10.8 8.414.7

34.123.7

(10.0)

(5.0)

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

-20.0

-10.0

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

FY2020/3 FY2021/3

Net Sales (left axis) Operating Income (right axis)(Billions of yen) (Billions of yen)

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Digital Entertainment－MMONet sales declined YoY given the previous fiscal year’s release of “FINAL FANTASY XIV” expansion pack, but operating income rose YoY due to growth in monthly paying subscriber numbers for the same title.

© 2010 - 2020 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved. © 2012-2020 ARMOR PROJECT/BIRD STUDIO/SQUARE ENIX All Rights Reserved.

8.8

13.6

8.6 9.010.1 10.8

0.0

3.0

6.0

9.0

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

FY2020/3 FY2021/3

Net Sales (left axis) Operating Income (right axis)

(Billions of yen) (Billions of yen)

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Digital Entertainment－Units Sold by Region

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Units Sold = Sold disks + DownloadsSold disks: Number of discs recognized on a shipment basisDownloads: Downloads of full-length games newly released in the current and previous FY

(not including catalogue titles released prior to previous FY)

* The above numbers cover both HD and MMO games, including third-party titles for distributorship arrangements.Each episode of episodic distribution titles is counted as one unit.

(Millions of Units Sold)

Disc Download Total Disc Download Total

1.06 0.74 1.80 1.75 1.16 2.90

2.35 3.70 6.05 4.04 4.44 8.48

0.47 0.32 0.79 0.25 0.45 0.70

3.89 4.76 8.65 6.04 6.05 12.08

RegionFY2020/3 1H Results FY2021/3 1H Results

(Included episode units 0 ) (Includes episode units 0 )

(Included episode units 0.07 ) (Includes episode units - )

(Included episode units 0.85 ) (Includes episode units 0 )

Japan

North America/Europe

Asia, etc.

Total

(Included episode units 0.77 ) (Includes episode units - )

Digital Entertainment－ Games for Smart Devices/PC Browser

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Net sales and operating income rose YoY due to earnings contributions from titles including “DRAGON QUEST WALK,” “WAR OF THE VISIONS: FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS,” and “DRAGON QUEST TACT.”

20.323.7

34.4

27.930.0

33.5

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

0.0

12.0

24.0

36.0

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

FY2020/3 FY2021/3


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Major Operating Titles

*Month and year indicate each title’s launch timing.

Aug 2010(PC Browser game)

©2010-2020 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.

Apr 2014

©2014-2020 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.

Jan 2014

©2014-2020 ARMOR PROJECT/BIRD STUDIO/SQUARE ENIX All Rights Reserved. ©SUGIYAMA KOBODeveloped by Cygames, Inc.

Sep 2014

Alliance with DeNA Co., Ltd.(Published by DeNA Co., Ltd.)©SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.©DeNA Co., Ltd

Sep 2015

©DisneyDeveloped by SQUARE ENIX

Oct 2015

©2015-2020 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved. Developed by gumi Inc.LOGO ILLUSTRATION:©2014 YOSHITAKA AMANO

Oct 2015

©2015-2020 ARMOR PROJECT/BIRD STUDIO/SQUARE ENIX All Rights Reserved.©SUGIYAMA KOBO

Dec 2016

©2016-2020 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.All Rights Reserved.Developed by tri-Ace Inc.

Feb 2017

©2017-2020 KOEI TECMO GAMES/ SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.CHARACTER DESIGN: TETSUYA NOMURA

Jun 2017

Co-developed with Pokelabo Inc.(Published by Pokelabo Inc.)© 2017-2020 Pokelabo Inc./SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved

Mar 2018

©伍箇伝計画／刀使ノ巫女製作委員会© 2018 - 2020 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.

Dec 2018

© 2018-2020 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.Powered by Akatsuki Inc.ILLUSTRATION: TOMOMI KOBAYASHI

Jul 2019

© 2019 TOARU-PROJECT© 2019,2020 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.

Sep 2019

© 2019,2020 ARMOR PROJECT/BIRD STUDIO/SQUARE ENIX All Rights Reserved.

Digital Entertainment－ Games for Smart Devices/PC Browser

© 2019-2020 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved. Co-Developed by gumi Inc.LOGO ILLUSTRATION: © 2018 YOSHITAKA AMANO

Nov 2019

© 2020 ARMOR PROJECT/BIRD STUDIO/SQUARE ENIX All Rights Reserved.Developed by Aiming Inc.

Jul 2020

© 2020 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.

Oct 2020

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AmusementSame-store sales fell sharply YoY due to the closure through mid-June of amusement facilities to combat the spread of COVID-19. Net sales declined significantly, and the segment booked an operating loss.

10.8 11.9 10.8 11.9

4.6

9.3

(2.0)

(1.0)

0.0

1.0

2.0

-20.0

-10.0

0.0

10.0

20.0

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

FY2020/3 FY2021/3


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PublicationDigital sales via “MANGA UP!” and of e-books rose sharply. Printed media sales were also brisk, leading to a YoY rise in net sales and operating income.

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Major Titles in FY2021/3

3.85.1 4.8 5.5 5.4

6.9

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

FY2020/3 FY2021/3


©2020 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.

©Akumi Agitogi Licensed by KADOKAWA CORPORATION©Rito Kohsaka/SQUARE ENIX.

©HERO©Daisuke Hagiwara/SQUARE ENIX

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MerchandisingNet sales and operating income up YoY on new releases of merchandise featuring our key IP.

Main Products in FY2021/3

© 2017 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.© 1997, 2020 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.CHARACTER DESIGN: TETSUYA NOMURA/ROBERTO FERRARILOGO ILLUSTRATION: © 1997 YOSHITAKA AMANO.

© 1997, 2020 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.CHARACTER DESIGN: TETSUYA NOMURA/ROBERTO FERRARI

”FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Original Soundtrack

～Special edit version～”

1.92.5

2.0 2.13.1

1.6

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

FY2020/3 FY2021/3


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Consolidated Financial ForecastsFiscal Year

Ending March 31, 2021

Consolidated Financial Forecasts:Fiscal Year ending March 31, 2021

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We had not set forecasts because the pandemic impeded the formulation of reasonable estimates, but we have released them now based on available information, including 1H results and future projections.

Main reasons for setting no forecasts Current outlook

Diminished demand for our content due to the global economic slump; impact on the manufacturing & distribution of packaged products

・While some titles were impacted, an increase in the percentage of digital sales helped improve profitability.

・Sharp growth in digital sales of catalog titles

Impact on the development timelines for our new titles owing to disruptions to the work of outsourcers that we contract for a portion of our development efforts

・Revisiting our development timelines led to the postponement of some launches into FY2022/3 or later.

Diminished sales owing to amusement facility closures designed to combat COVID-19

・While we have reopened all doors since mid-June, same-store sales remain down YoY.

・We are working to improve earnings in FY2022/3 by cutting fixed costs and stepping up new businesses.

Consolidated Financial Forecasts:Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2021

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(Billions of Yen)

Fiscal Year EndedMarch 31, 2020

Full Year Results Full Year Forecasts Changes

Net Sales 260.5 290.0 29.5

Operating Income 32.7 40.0 7.3

Operating Income Margin 12.6% 13.8% 1.2pt

Ordinary Income 32.0 40.0 8.0

Ordinary Income Margin 12.3% 13.8% 1.5ptProfit attributable toowners of parent

21.3 24.0 2.7

Depreciation and Amortization 7.4 8.2 0.8

Capital Expenditure 9.6 8.6 1.0

Dividends per share (Yen)

Interim 10 10 0

Yearend 44 51 7

Total 54 61 7


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Consolidated Financial Forecasts by Business Segment:Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2021

(Billions of Yen)Fiscal Year EndedMarch 31, 2020

Full Year Results Full Year Forecasts Changes

Net Sales 260.5 290.0 29.5Digital Entertainment 188.6 227.6 39.0

Amusement 45.6 31.9 (13.7)Publication 19.4 24.4 5.0

Merchandising 8.7 7.8 (0.9)Eliminations or unallocated -2.0 -1.7 0.3

Operating Income 32.7 40.0 7.3Digital Entertainment 35.3 46.4 11.1

Amusement 1.4 -3.3 (4.7)Publication 7.2 10.0 2.8

Merchandising 1.0 1.5 0.5Eliminations or unallocated -12.3 -14.6 (2.3)

Operating Income Margin 12.6% 13.8% 1.2ptDigital Entertainment 18.7% 20.4% 1.7pt

Amusement 3.2% -10.3% (13.5pt)Publication 37.3% 41.0% 3.7pt

Merchandising 11.7% 19.2% 7.5ptEliminations or unallocated - - -


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Net Sales Trend by Business Segment

214.1

256.8 250.3 271.2

260.5

290.0

0.0

100.0

200.0

300.0

400.0

FY2016/3 FY2017/3 FY2018/3 FY2019/3 FY2020/3 FY2021/3(Forecasts)

（Billions of Yen）

Digital Entertainment Amusement Publication Merchandising

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Operating Income Trend by Business Segment

26.0

31.2

38.1

24.6

32.7

40.0

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(10.0)

0.0

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30.0

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（Billions of Yen）

Digital Entertainment Amusement Publication

Merchandising Eliminations or unallocated Operating Income

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Digital Entertainment－Net Sales Trend

58.5

92.8 65.6

93.5

42.0

227.6

31.6

22.7

31.8

27.1

40.1

68.7

83.3 93.8

83.8

106.4

158.9

199.0 191.4

204.5 188.6

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(Billions of Yen)

HD Games MMO Games for Smart Devices/PC Browser

Financial ResultsBriefing SessionSix-Month Period Ended September 30, 2020

November 6, 2020SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

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